There were 8,187 new confirmed cases in Hong Kong on Thursday (15th), including 164 imported cases. A total of 2,812 confirmed patients were hospitalized, of which 361 were new admissions. A total of 49 patients were in critical condition and 6 more died.
Schools reported 1,064 cases. Today, 12 new schools have clustered cases in individual classes, and a total of 13 classes will be suspended.
Shatin Cheng Wing Secondary School, which had to suspend classes yesterday due to the outbreak, has accumulated 53 cases, and the school reported one more case today.
WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said that the world is at the best time to end the new crown virus epidemic, urging countries to step up efforts to combat the epidemic that has killed more than 6 million people, "We are not there yet, but the epidemic is over. Looking forward." He urged countries to vaccinate all high-risk groups against the new crown virus and continue to test for the virus.
Overview of yesterday's epidemic:
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9.15｜Newly diagnosed cases below 10,000 Government: The new crown is more serious than the flu
The average immediate effective reproduction rate of local cases dropped to 1.03 on September 13, which means that each patient is infected with about one person.
(Photo of HKU Faculty of Medicine)
▼September 14th, the first Japanese "semi-free travel" tour group departs ▼
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Monkeypox | Experts recommend high-risk groups such as gays and lesbians to be vaccinated first
[15:34] The Scientific Committee on Vaccine-Preventable Diseases and the Scientific Committee on Emerging and Animal Infectious Diseases under the Centre for Health Protection of the Department of Health held an online meeting yesterday (15th) to discuss the issue of vaccination against monkeypox in Hong Kong. (16th) Published updated tentative consensus recommendations.
The Joint Scientific Committee recommends that persons at high risk of exposure, including but not limited to gay, bisexual, and other MSM who have high-risk sexual behaviors or a history of sexually transmitted infections in the past 12 months, are voluntary monkeypox vaccinations prior to exposure Top priority target group for vaccines.
3 people in Shunying House, Shunzhi Court, Kwun Tong were found to have failed to comply with the compulsory inspection announcement and 1 person was fined 10,000 yuan
[13:51] The COVID-19 epidemic is severe, and the Hong Kong government will conduct random checks on the compulsory testing of households in various districts from time to time.
The Hong Kong government stated that the Trade and Industry Department, together with the Kwun Tong Police District and the Department of Health, today (16th), checked the test certificates of the subjects at the entrance and exit of Shun Ying House, Shun Chi Court, Kwun Tong.
During the three-hour enforcement operation, the government inspected a total of about 116 persons under inspection. Three of them failed to comply with the mandatory inspection announcement and were issued a mandatory inspection order. One of them was voted and fined $10,000 each.
New World Victoria Harbour Swimming will be held on 10.23, with a quota of 1,500 swimmers to get all the needles and hold a "Blue Code"
【12:21】The annual sports event "New World Victoria Harbour Swimming", sponsored by New World Development Co., Ltd. and hosted by the Hong Kong Swimming Association (China), will be held on the morning of October 23 (Sunday) this year. The road starts from the public pier at the Golden Bauhinia Square in Wanchai and ends at the Avenue of Stars in Tsim Sha Tsui. There are 1,500 entries. Online registration will be accepted from 11:00 a.m. tomorrow (17th) until September 23rd.
The theme of this year's event is "Swimming the Power of Happiness in the City". He Shibei, a two-time silver medalist in the Tokyo Olympics freestyle, and Zhu Jianran, the former swimming representative of the Hong Kong team, will serve as the ambassadors. They hope to inject positive energy into Hong Kong people under the epidemic and release the power of happiness together. .
▼"Harbour Swimming 2021"▼
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Fire in the air?
Liang Baixian: International customs clearance is the will of the people, some people are still holding back
[09:52] Has the lethality of the new crown virus been "downgraded" like the flu? Is the crude death rate of the new crown 0.6% or 0.1%? In the past few days, medical experts and government officials have continued to exchange fire, and it has become more and more serious. Yesterday (14th), Director of the Medical and Health Bureau, Lu Chongmao, wrote on his blog to refute that the average mortality rate was about 0.6%. At the press conference on the epidemic, he repeatedly emphasized that "the new crown is more serious than the flu."
Leung Pak-yin, the former chief executive of the Hospital Authority, posted on social media this morning (16th), saying, "International customs clearance is the general trend and the will of the people." Even more ironic, "Some people are still dragging their feet to return to normal, if it is not a misjudgment. It is unknown whether there are other purposes for the epidemic.”
Leung Pak-yin, the former chief executive of the Hospital Authority, wrote an article this morning calling for an early return to normal.
(Liang Baixian facebook)
▼On July 25, those returning to Hong Kong at the airport are waiting to take a special bus to the quarantine hotel▼
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▼September 14th, Crostini, an Italian-style pastry shop, will be closed for business ▼
▼On the Mid-Autumn Festival on September 10, parents bring their young children to get the new crown vaccine▼
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▼Compulsory testing announcement from September 10▼
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Diagnosed Buildings｜Added 3,294 Buildings at Mid-Levels One, Peninsula Grand Court, and Red Mountain Peninsula on the list. The Department of Health received over 100,000 daily enquiry hotlines. Interactive functions are now added to the OGCIO hotline. In the second half of the month, the number rose by only about 1% compared to the recovery before the epidemic, an increase of 8,187 cases for two consecutive days, more than 6 people died in the internal medicine and geriatric wards of Pok Oi Hospital, and 3 men were infected with the disease in four districts including the Federation Garden in Mid-level and Tai On Building in Sai Wan Ho. Government Dispatching 250,000 sets of rapid test kits Ou Jiarong said that local BA.4/5 cases may peak in the short term New coronary pneumonia is still more serious than the flu Experts say the crude death rate of the new crown is now similar to the flu No sick leave was deducted from the hard worker Qingming chased after the Chongyang group to urge the Hong Kong government to cover the epidemic | Crude fatality rate dropped to 0.11%, similar to the flu The confirmed tourist industry is expected to be difficult to stimulate business